SEX IN THE WEST
Wooden Horse
Genre Comedy, DramaProducer Jude TroyDirector Fadia AbboudWriters Fadia Abboud, Sarah Walker, Amal AwadStory Consultant Jane EspensonSynopsis Best friends since childhood, Samira and Rima are two 30-something Arab chicks. One Muslim, one Christian; one married, one widowed. Both bitch-slapped by life. Their worlds are turned upside down when their desires and ambitions come into conflict with family and community expectation. Sex in the West is a surprising, sexy, poignant and often hilarious celebration of love and friendship - and finding family in the most unexpected of places.

OVER AND OUT
Midwinter Films, 33 Films
Genre Post-apocalyptic family comedyProducer Bridget Callow-WrightCo-producers Abi Tabone, Gemma KnightWriters Adele Vuko, Christiaan Van VuurenDirector TBCSynopsis Two parents, Lewis and Freya, are struggling to survive the trials and tribulations of raising toddlers... Whilst being smack bang in the middle of the post-apocalypse.

JEREMY THE DUDPrincess Pictures Holdings Pty Ltd
Genre ComedyProducer Mike CowapWriter/Director Ryan ChamleyContributing Writer Nick BoshierCreative Consultants Daniel Monks, Adam Bowes, Sam HumphreySynopsisJeremy The Dud is a comedy set in a world where everyone has a disability, and those that don't are treated with the same prejudice, stigma and condescending attitudes people with disabilities face in our own society.

TECHNICALLY YES
Factor 30 Films Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, Science fictionProducer Melissa Kelly, Louise SmithExecutive Producer Ryan HodgsonWriter/Creator Alicia WalshSynopsis On a remote island in the near future, selected guests have the chance to experience love via the augmented reality game Hotel Amore as part of a bold experiment to prove there is such a thing as a soul mate.

HIGH ROTATIONCream Team
Genre Comedy, Drama, MusicalProducers James Cripps, Catherine KelleherExecutive Producer Craig AndersonDirector Henry StoneWriters James Cripps, Catherine Kelleher, Henry StoneSynopsis Closeted dreamer Ella hasn’t made music in 10 years, but when an unauthorized remix of her dusty-old demo gets airplay, she decides to reignite her creative aspirations only to be confronted by the retrograde institutions of the Australian music industry.

LOGPirate Size ProductionsGenre Comedy, AnimationProducer Bryony McLachlanWritersNick Watson, Dan NixonSynopsis A log drifts into the lives of people in need and somehow always manages to help.

PARTNERS IN CRIMEBikeshed ProductionsGenre Dramedy, CrimeExecutive Producers/Directors/WritersEliza Reilly, Hannah ReillyProducerJulia CorcoranSynopsis Sisters Katie and May are trying to make it in the crime world, without killing each other first.

SECRET THREADSRebecca IngramGenre Supernatural, Thriller, CrimeCreator Rebecca IngramWritersMichele Lee, Kris Wyld, Mike JonesSynopsis Within the tight-knit and superstitious Hmong-Laos community of Melbourne, a suspicious death - believed by many to be a vengeful spirit - will drive Parita Waters to uncover the truth of a government conspiracy and her family’s war-time transgressions.

THE LOST FLOWERS OF ALICE HART (WORKING TITLE)Made Up StoriesGenre Drama, MysteryProducers Bruna Papandrea, Jodi Matterson, Steve Hutensky, Casey Haver, Sarah LambertExecutive Producers Bruna Papandrea, Jodi Matterson, Steve Hutensky, Casey Haver, Sarah LambertWriterSarah LambertSynopsisThe Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (Working title) tells the story of a young girl whose violent childhood casts a dark shadow over her adult life. After a family tragedy, 9-year-old Alice is raised by her grandmother on the language of Australian native flowers, a way to say the things that are too hard to speak.

ZAROVILLE HALLOWEENToy Shop Entertainment
Genre Comedy, HorrorProducers Ruby Schmidt, Ian ZaroWriters Ruby Schmidt, Ian Zaro, Kodie BedfordSynopsis Follow the exceedingly spooky and all too relatable life of Ian, a young black millennial living in the Far North Queensland town of Zaroville during Halloween!

CLANDESTINEWYLD FGA Pty Ltd in association with Beyond Entertainment Pty LtdGenre ThrillerProducers Kristine Wyld, Antony I GinnaneExecutive Producers David Ogilvy, Nina StevensonDirector TBCWriters Kristine Wyld, Kristen Dunphy, Sean CookSynopsis Claire Marks, a single mother of two, ex Australian Intelligence, now running a security company, learns her daughter was on a plane that was shot down in war-torn Syria. Claire flies to Beirut but finds herself up against ruthless players in an international conspiracy that reaches right back to Australia.

THE FORCE (WORKING TITLE)No Coincidence Media Pty Ltd
Genre Action adventure, ComedyProducer Mitchell StanleyDirector Dena CurtisWriters Megan Wilding, Steven Oliver, Mitchell Stanley, Dena CurtisSynopsis When the lives of inner Sydney residents are in danger, they call upon The Force, a cracked team of first responders who know there can only be one hero at the end of the day.

THE SISTERS ANTIPODES
Endemol Shine Banks
Genre DramaProducers Imogen Banks, Asher KeddieDirector TBCWriters Fiona Seres, Rebecca RiggSynopsis In 1965, two families collide. Affairs ignite, couples switch and the scandal pushes the realigned families to opposite sides of the world. Reeling, two little girls are given each other’s fathers. The Sisters Antipodes is the ensuing story of the lifelong competition between them and the tragedy that ends it.

THE UPSIDE OF OVER
Revlover Films Pty Ltd
Genre Comedy, DramaProducer Lauren Edwards, Martha ColemanDirector TBCWriter Josephine Dee BarrettSynopsis When her inner-most sexual fantasy goes viral, Australia’s most beloved newsreader Olivia Law must reassess the life she’s meticulously built for herself and tackle the age-old question; what do women really want? And how exactly do you rebuild yourself when you never really knew who you were to begin with?

GOOLAGONG
Werner Film Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Drama
Producer Joanna WernerDirector Wayne BlairWriters Megan Simpson Huberman, Steven McGregorSynopsis A two-part event mini-series based on the inspiring true life story of world champion tennis player Evonne Goolagong, one of Australia's best known and most loved sporting heroes.

OVERHEATER
Closer Productions Pty Ltd
Genre Science Fiction, ComedyProducers Kirsty Stark, Sophie HydeWriter/Director Matt VeselySynopsis:Overheater is a sci-fi comedy set in a lazily dystopian world, in which a young couple must negotiate life and love while dealing with their new house guest – a depressed robot shopkeeper they’ve saved from the scrap heap.

THE GATHERING
Nicholas Murray Verso trading as Asphodel Films
Genre Thriller, MysteryWriter/Director Nicholas VersoWriters Craig Irwin, Kodie BedfordSynopsis: A group of disillusioned teens discover they have been chosen to battle a centuries-old evil simmering within their small town

SECOND TIME
Thumper Pictures Pty Ltd
Genre Drama, Science FictionWriter/Director Danielle BaynesProducer Christopher SharpWriters Nora Niasari, Natasha PincusSynopsis: Set in the near future, Second Time is a web series about the lives of a group of 16-year-old girls in high school exploring sexuality, relationships and connection in a tech dominated world.

CLASS OF ‘07
Matchbox Productions Pty Ltd
Genre ComedyWriter/Director Kacie AnningProducer Mimi ButlerWriter TBCSynopsis: When an apocalyptic tidal wave hits during the ten year reunion of an all-girls college, a group of women must find a way to survive on the island peak of their high school campus.

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